Friday, April 11 Senior Social Hour. Seniors can gather for an hour of pleasant conversation and light refreshment from 1 to 2 p.m. at Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway. Saturday, April 12 Lucky Egg Hunt. Youngsters will have a chance to gather eggs, including a few special eggs with extra prizes,[Read More…]
Author: Chronicle staff
04.10.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Chess Club for Kids. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host the club from 4 to 5 p.m. It is an opportunity for kids aged 7 and up to practice chess skills or learn the basics of the game. Hunger Games. For Teen Movie Club, the Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway,[Read More…]
04.09.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Little Red Donut Truck. The truck will have fresh apple cider donuts and cider at James Hart School, 18220 Morgan St., from 3 to 6 p.m. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the school. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, Swiftwalker. Homewood Historical Society will hold its meeting at 6 p.m. in the[Read More…]
04.08.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Homewood-Flossmoor School District Board of Education Finance Committee will meet at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. The agenda was not available online by Sunday, but will appear here when it is. Thornton Township Annual Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, followed[Read More…]
The Weeks | April 6: Election results, Lucky Egg Hunt events, Flossmoor drainage project, Hartford agreement update, Flossmoor Smokehouse agreement
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, April 7, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The agenda is available here. The meeting will be streamed live and can be viewed here. Homewood School District 153 Board of Education will meet[Read More…]
04.06.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
National Library Week ‘Drawn to the Library.’ In honor of this year’s National Library Week theme of “Drawn to the Library,” Homewood Public Library is accepting drawings from patrons that answer the question, “What draws you to the library? Is it books? Programs? Art activities? Book club? Storytime? Computers?” This is[Read More…]
04.05.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Metra Delays. Track construction today could cause delays of 30 minutes Listen to announcements for any platform changes. For additional information visit metra.com/constructionnotices. Southland Spring Cleanup. Volunteers can join the Flossmoor Green Commission and Flossmoor Public Works staff for the annual cleanup day from 9 a.m. to noon. Meet at the Meijer store[Read More…]
04.04.2025 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
Friday, April 4 Aspire at Calvary Assembly of God. Aspire is a one-night women’s event full of laughter, learning, stories and music with one Bible teacher, one comedian and one musician that will be hosted by Calvary Assembly of God at 18620 Governors Highway in Flossmoor. Doors open at 6 p.m.[Read More…]
04.03.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Meet the Elected Officials. The election of 2025 is over with the exception of final tallies and vote certification. It’s still possible to learn about the candidates who were elected and will be sworn in soon on local government boards at the Chronicle’s Meet the Candidates page. Election 2025 content remains outside our[Read More…]
Election 2025: One new member joins District 153 school board
Becky Popelka was the top vote-getter with 2,360 votes in the Homewood School District 153 school board election April 1. Broderick Booth, who was up for reelection, received 2,275 votes, and Christine Scully, who is serving on the board by appointment, ran in her first school board race. She received[Read More…]